Session 15 : A Q&A Session with Tony Rofail from Windtech on Wind Tunnel Testing of Tall Buildings
In continuation with the well received live panel discussions on what IS 875 : Part 3 says about the estimation of wind loads on tall buildings, Tony Rofail from Windtech has agreed to participate in another live discussion on Wind Tunnel Testing of Tall buildings. This will be an interactive session where attendees can have their most pressing questions asked and learn about current best practice in wind engineering.
The webinar will start with the regulatory framework: when is it mandatory in India to use a wind tunnel study to determine the design loads on a tall building? Also, when is it economically beneficial to do so.
There are a number of wind tunnel testing methods to determine the loads on tall building structures. Each method has its particular advantage and limitation. This presentation will shed some light on which method is most suited to which type of tall building structure.
This Webinar will also elaborate on some of the more advanced analysis techniques used for the study of the response of tall buildings that exhibit complex modal behaviour or have a complex form such as rigid connections at high elevation and their effect on the transfer of wind loads between the sub-structures.
The effect of different methods of accounting for the directionality of the local wind climate will also be discussed.
The presentation will include some basic tips on how the building form can be optimised to significantly reduce the dynamic response of a tall building.
This live webinar cover the following learning objectives:
1. When is it mandatory and when is it recommended to undertake a wind tunnel study for tall buildings?
2. The various testing techniques available and which type should be used for what type of tall building structure.
3. How small changes to the building form can bring about significant reduction to the overall loads on a tall building structure.
Speaker : TONY ROFAIL – DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL
Tony has over 33 years’ combined experience as both researcher and consultant in wind engineering including 30years with Windtech Consultants, a global consulting firm specialising in the study of wind effects and sustainable design. Tony is one of Windtech’s founding directors and has been with the firm since its establishment in April, 1991. His research includes reliability of wind tunnel studies, interference excitation of tall buildings, analysis techniques to accurately determine the effect of coupled modes and rigidly linked sub-structures and well as Wind Noise in Buildings, Natural Ventilation and review of assessment Criteria for Pedestrian Comfort.
Tony Rofail has undertaken and supervised over 2,500 wind engineering studies including wind tunnel investigations for various high-rise buildings, large roof and stadium building projects around the world, including many landmark projects.
Facilitator : Bhavin Shah- Founder & CEO, SQVe Consultants
DATE : 21-FEB-21
TIME : 11:00 AM ( Indian Standard Time)
Link for registration : https://windtechconsult.com/a-qa-session-with-tony-rofail-on-wtt-of-tall-buildings/
Also, may please share the questions in the below comment box which you would like to get addressed during the live technical discussion.
Founder & CEO, SQVe Consultants
3 年We had an interesting session on wind tunnel testing for tall buildings. We are very much thankful of?Tony Rofail?from?Windtech Consultants. In the session, following important areas were covered: 1) When wind tunnel test are mandatory as per Indian standards? 2) Minimum requirements for wind tunnel testing 3) Few case studies 4) Directional design 5) Environmental wind studies 6) Remote monitoring of dynamic properties, etc. The entire recorded session can be seen at the following link : https://youtu.be/_fj3j1_mPuw
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3 年Barjesh, please read the International journal of Wind Engineering and Aerodynamic. In this Journal there are numerous papers on Wind Tunnel testing and how to interpret the results for the design of Tall Stuctures with height of above 60 stories plus. You can look at the various books published in the US.
Which material we use for model building, generally to relate actual materials of structure.
It is going to be an interesting discussion related to wind tunnel testing for Tall Buildings.